IAQ & Healthy Homes
2018 HPC National Conference Session
Diagnostic Tools and Techniques for the Healthy Home Evaluator
Joe Medosch
Executive Director
Healthy Home Environment Association- KK
Kevin Kennedy
Director of Environmental Health
Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics
Presenter(s)
BPI Healthy Home Evaluator or considering it, this sessions is a must. We‘ll cover diagnostics similarities and differences between Energy Audits and Healthy Home Assessments. Must have tools and best practices for: Relative-Humidity, dew point, CO, CO2, moisture-meters and more ... What is destructive testing and when or should it be performed?
Basic pressure diagnostics you can perform with just a gauge? Should blower door test be performed, are there benefits of a blower door in a HH Assessment? What to do when suspect conditions are observed? Particle counters, do you need one?.
Tools are only as good as the user and the documented process, learn how to make sure your tools provide accurate data.
Learning Objectives:
- Learn the top must have tools to perform a Healthy Home Assessment
- Understand how to do a visual assessment then diagnostics to confirm or deny the hypotheses
- Understand standard operating procedures - If you use a device make sure you understand the measurements